News

Enjoy Wildwood through the seasons. Autumn sees the colouring of deciduous trees and heralds the start of the camellia season which extends into spring. Spring is also when the large collection of blossom trees, magnolias, wisteria, bulbs and perennials begin to flower. The show continues from late August right through spring. Keep up to date with what's happening at Wildwood garden by following us on Facebook.

For regular seasonal news from Wildwood join the mailing list by sending your email address to . In the latest newsletter we look at what's coming up in the garden. Here's a link to a recent newsletter.

We are also thrilled that the garden has made the cover of a recent issue of Our Garden magazine, which is the quarterly journal of The Garden Clubs of Australia. We also featured in House & Garden and Australian Country and now find ourselves in a book about country gardens (see the story among our news items).

Below is shown Camellia reticulata 'Ellie's Girl' which is just one of the lovely camellias in this mountain garden that herald the beginning of the garden's spring floral show and will feature in the annual camellia show held over two weekends each August (see Events for dates).

Garden open

27 Oct 2021

Wildwood garden is open after the lifting of local lockdowns and Wayne and Sue Tapping are looking forward to welcoming visitors.

Spring opening delayed due to COVID restrictions

3 Aug 2021

Current Stay at Home restrictions mean that Wildwood Garden can't reopen as planned on August 13 nor will Wayne and Sue Tapping be able to stage their annual camellia show.

Opening dates announced for 2022

Opening dates announced for 2022
5 Nov 2019

As Wayne and Sue Tapping close the gate on their final open garden for 2021 they've announced their opening dates for 2022.

Flowering cherries coming into full bloom

Flowering cherries coming into full bloom
6 Sep 2019

One of the feature plantings at Wildwood Garden is the driveway planting of ornamental flowering cherrie which flower in mid September.

Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens celebrates 30 years

15 Aug 2017

The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden at Mount Tomah has reached its 30th birthday and is celebrating with lots of events through spring.

Our cherry tree proposal

Our cherry tree proposal
2 Oct 2015

It all unfolded under the weeping cherries.

Wildwood joins Facebook

17 Aug 2015

We've just set up our Facebook page and invite you to Like our page and follow us on Facebook regular garden updates.

Enjoy the birds

30 Aug 2014

Wildwood has lots of resident birds big and small so it is a good spot to enjoy our feathered fauna as well as our spring blooms.

New book on country gardens

New book on country gardens
8 Apr 2014

Wildwood garden is featured in a new publication on Australia's country gardens.

Kids free

22 Apr 2013

Kids have free entry to the Wildwood garden so we look forward to welcoming more families to enjoy the delights of our garden.